the rules: write for only five minutes on the topic of the week {ordinary} and post the unedited mess. no changes allowed after times-up.

here goes nothin'.

GO

i wonder sometimes if {ordinary} is only what we allow it to be.

the routine, the normal, the average days, they're all different, and yet we walk through them with eyes glazed and hearts covered, struggling just to make it to friday or vacation or nap time. we miss what we don't look for, so we miss it all-all the colors and the emotions and the surprises. they're there. but it's up to us to notice, to grab hold and let them fill us. to battle gray with love and laughter and little smiles. to refuse to let {ordinary} steal one hour of our lives.

we've all heard it before, the talk of joy in the {ordinary}, but i don't believe it exists. because where there is joy, there is no {ordinary} at all. joy comes from the One who makes everything beautiful. and beautiful is extraordinary. living the difference is our choice.

you and me, we have the power to conquer {ordinary}, to treasure the gifts of our daily lives just enough to see our extraordinary God in every moment. to let His extraordinary grace overwhelm the exhausting and the frustrating and the boring. to dance in His extraordinary freedom. to find His extraordinary purpose.

"there is no {ordinary} at all" that phrase says it all. I wanted to add a picture to my post; as I looked around everything seemed so special, so unexplainable, such a blessing. An awesome God doesn't do ordinary.

These are the words that jumped at me today: "we've all heard it before, the talk of joy in the {ordinary}, but i don't believe it exists. because where there is joy, there is no {ordinary}."
this is a great thought... i'll be mulling over this one for a while.

Perfect, Brittany! I love this: "where there is joy, there is no {ordinary} at all". All too often, I fall into the trap of longing for the next thing and miss the beauty of now. Thanks for the beautiful reminder to see all that He has for me in the *ordinary* moments.